Ignorant and willfully so.Enola Holmes · 2020 — Chapter 8 of 12 · 3'28" · B2
Tewkesbury Finds Enola's Hideout, Explained: do funny things to someone
Tewkesbury tracks Enola to her rented room, and the reunion is all bickering until it isn't. "Greed does funny things to people, Tewkesbury" lands in the middle of a warning: someone wants him dead for his land and title, and she says she knows who killed his father.
What happens
Enola is hiding in a cheap rented room when Tewkesbury finds her. They argue, then soften; he says he missed her and admits she looks better in breeches. She explains she keeps old newspapers to watch for a coded message from her mother, and warns him that someone is after his life.
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do funny things to someonehow dare youa shade moreI'll give you that
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Phrase of the scene
do funny things to someone
to make someone behave strangely
伊诺拉对子爵解释，贪婪会让人做出反常的事，甚至不惜杀人。
Power does funny things to people who never expected it.
Also in this scene
- how dare you
an angry rebuke for a bold act
- a shade more
a little more
- I'll give you that
to concede a single point to someone
Everything marked in this scene
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You could change your mind about a boy. I'm not a boy.when-clause
You're a man when I tell you you're a man.to concede a single point to someone
You do look better in breeches, I'll give you that.flap
I wanted to miss you,but I kept getting dragged back towards you.Now, come on. We're in serious danger, if you didn't know.a little more
I afforded myself a shade more comfort than this.Be careful with that. I haven't finished reading it yet.I'm waiting for her to leave me a message.need to be plus past participle
Coded messages that need to be deciphered.And I thought she meant for me to find her, but I'm not sure she did now.pro-verb did
And I thought she meant for me to find her, but I'm not sure she did now.liaison
Don't look at me like that.I don't want your pity, Tewkesbury.Still, at least we've got each other.I'll make us some tea.Why would anyone want me dead?liaison
Your personality, your ridiculous hair, your silly smile, or possibly your land, your estate, your title, your seat.to make someone behave strangely
Greed does funny things to people, Tewkesbury.Tewkesbury Finds Enola's Hideout, explained
What's really going on
The scene works because it refuses to choose between romance and threat. The early beats are pure bickering — "You're a man when I tell you you're a man" — and the middle turns tender, with Tewkesbury saying he tried not to miss her, "but I kept getting dragged back towards you." Enola's reply is to keep her guard up: "I don't want your pity, Tewkesbury." Underneath the banter is her grief. She keeps old newspapers because she is waiting for her mother to leave a cipher in them, and she admits she is no longer sure her mother meant to be found. Then the tone shifts again, to a murder warning: the same greed that killed his father, "Greed does funny things to people," now points at Tewkesbury himself, and she ends on certainty — "I don't think. I know."
Theme
RomanceTewkesbury and Enola bicker, then admit they missed each other, and he stays despite the danger.
MoneyMoney and title make people willing to kill, as they did to Tewkesbury's father.
What you'll learn
- 'change your mind about' carries more than its dictionary gloss.
- 'willfully' changes the pressure of the reply.
- The surrounding lines set the social temperature.
Listen for
- wanted to miss you — flap
- look at me — liaison
- silly smile — liaison
Greed does funny things to people, Tewkesbury.Her explanation for the plot: money changes people, and that is why his family and his title are dangerous to him.
And I thought she meant for me to find her, but I'm not sure she did now.Enola admits she is no longer certain her mother left on purpose for her to follow, which makes the waiting painful.
I don't want your pity, Tewkesbury.She refuses to be looked at as a victim of her mother's disappearance, keeping affection at arm's length.
You're a man when I tell you you're a man.The teasing line that sets the tone between them: she refuses to let him claim adulthood on his own terms.
Questions about this scene
Why does Enola keep old newspapers?
She is watching for a cipher from her mother. She believes her mother leaves coded messages in the papers, so she checks each one and leaves replies in the hope of being found.
How does Tewkesbury find Enola?
He tracks her to the cheap room she has rented. The scene implies he has been looking for her since they last met, and he says he missed her.
What does 'do funny things to someone' mean?
It means to make people behave strangely or out of character. In the scene it describes how greed pushes people to kill, explaining the threat to Tewkesbury.
Why does Enola think Tewkesbury is in danger?
Because his land, estate, title and seat are worth killing for. She notes that the same motives that killed his father now point at him, and says she knows rather than thinks.
Who does Enola say killed Tewkesbury's father?
She does not name anyone, but she is certain it was murder driven by greed. When he asks if she thinks they killed his father, she answers, 'I don't think. I know.'
Enola Holmes · 12 chapters
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Chapter 1one's own companyEnola Confronts Her Brothers
Chapter 2unpickEnola Decodes Her Mother's Message
Chapter 3leave someone strandedEnola Hides on the Train
Chapter 4the game is afootSherlock and Mycroft Argue Over Enola
Chapter 5prepare the groundEnola Bluffs Her Way Into Basilwether
Chapter 6for better or worseA Talk of Power Over Tea
Chapter 7lead someone astrayEnola Meets the Dowager
Watching · Chapter 8do funny things to someoneTewkesbury Finds Enola's Hideout
Chapter 9fend for oneselfEnola at Miss Harrison's School
Chapter 10pick my brainsSherlock Visits Enola
Chapter 11see right through someoneEnola Sneaks into the Finishing School
Chapter 12right a wrongEnola and Tewkesbury Flee the SchoolChapter 8 of 12 · about 14 min to go